Novell GROUPWISE 8 - LINUX-MAC CLIENT Manual page 58

Time Format
You can set the time format to display the hour, minutes, and second in whatever order and format
you prefer, with whatever separators you like. The following table shows the symbols available for
formatting the time.
Time Format Symbols
Table 2-1
Symbol
h
H
m
s
E
a
'
'
The following table shows some common time formats.
Example Time Formats
Table 2-2
Example
h:mm
h:mm:ss
H:mm
H:mm.ss
h:mm a
E h:mm a
Short Date Format
Use the Short date setting to specify how the date appears in its short format (typically, with
numbers representing the day, month, and year) with whatever separators you like. The following
table shows the symbols available for formatting the short date.
Short Date Format Symbols
Table 2-3
Symbol
y
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Meaning
Hour in am/pm (1-12)
Hour in day (0-23)
Minute in hour
Second in minute
Day in week
am/pm marker
Escape for text
Single quote
Result
12:08
12:08:52
17:23
17:23.16
2:45 PM
Tue, 2:45 PM
Meaning
Year
Presentation
Number
Number
Number
Number
Text
Text
Delimiter
Literal
Presentation
Number
Example
12
0
30
55
Tue
PM
(none)
'
Example
2008